What's today's "side quest" going to be? 🛝

2023-12-29 · Short · Ali · recording, 1:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis

In an extract from his book Feel-Good Productivity, Ali says curiosity makes you more creative and suggests building it into each day with side quests, like those in video games such as Zelda, by asking every morning what today's side quest is going to be.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Curiosity and asking what today's side quest is going to be

★★ Ali says being curious about everything not only makes you more creative but enriches your life. — 00:00:00
★★ One way to bring curiosity into your life, Ali says, is to seek out what he calls side quests: in video games like Zelda, side quests do not affect the main story but are driven by the player's curiosity. — 00:00:00 · daily adventure
★★★ Every day as he sits down to work, Ali looks at his calendar and to-do list and asks himself what today's side quest is going to be, to shift his mind from the obvious tasks to other avenues. — 00:00:29 · daily adventure

“what's today's side quest going to be?”
★★ Ali's daily side-quest question might prompt him to leave his office and work for a few hours in a local coffee shop, or to explore new software to solve the problem he is working on. — 00:00:29
★★ Adding a side quest to your day, Ali says, creates space for curiosity, exploration and playfulness, and you could discover something amazing and totally unexpected along the way. — 00:00:29 · daily adventure

Threads in this video

refine · How should you plan your day? — Every day as he sits down to work, Ali looks at his calendar and to-do list and asks himself what today's side quest is going to be, to shift his mind from the obvious tasks to other avenues. (00:00:29)

Mentioned

Central: daily adventure

Also: The Legend of Zelda

Only in the description or credits: Feel-Good Productivity (book)

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